well-timed

Questions about well-timed

What does well-timed mean?

well-timed means "done or happening at the appropriate or proper time". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in well-timed?

well-timed has 2 syllables and divides as well--timed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for well-timed?

Close synonyms include timely, seasonable, well timed, seasonably, timely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is well-timed a common word?

well-timed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.